By AkshatApp.com | Blog Admin

🗓️  Nov 24, 2019

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• Validate your flutter setup using “flutter doctor command”.

Once flutter sdk and your terminal is up and running, To Create a new flutter project from the flutter starter app template follow the below steps

step 1 : Navigate to your project location using “cd” command in your terminal window

CD Project Folder

step 2 : To create a new flutter project in your project location, use “flutter create” command

Syntax : flutter create <app name>

flutter create command

Wait for a couple of seconds and let flutter create the required files and folders in your project location.

Flutter App Created

Your flutter project is ready ! Edit your flutter code using your favorite code editor.

• To run your flutter app - navigate to your project directory using “cd” command

CD Flutter App Directory

• Use command “flutter run” to run your app.

flutter run command - no device

If you get an output : No supported devices connected.

• To check the list of connected devices run command : flutter devices

flutter devices command - no device

Note:
To run the flutter app or project you must have either a physical device or emulator connected.

Now, let us understand how to run the emulator device using terminal.

step 3 : Run Android Emulator using Terminal Command

Run command : flutter emulators - to get the list of emulators

flutter emulators command

Note your emulator id - In this demo, our emulator id is “Pixel API 28 “

step 4 : Launch your emulator using Terminal Command

Run command : flutter emulators –launch <emulator id>

flutter emulator launch command

Once the Emulator device is up and running,

Once again, Run command : flutter devices

flutter devices command

It should show you number of connected devices

step 5 : Run Flutter Project using Terminal Command

Once you have one or more connected devices, we can now run the flutter app or project on the connected devices.

Run command : flutter run - to run your project

flutter run command

Note : if you have more than one device use command - flutter run -d <device id>

Your flutter app is now running successfully on your connected devices.

Flutter Demo App

Bonus Tip : Hot Reload and Hot Restart

Flutter Hot Reload : Type r in the terminal windows once you have edited your code to update your app UI instantly.

Flutter Hot Reload

Flutter Hot Restart : Type R (shift + r) in the terminal window to restart your app.

Flutter Hot Restart

Frequently Asked Questions

Use the command `flutter create ` in your terminal after navigating to the desired parent directory.

To run on a specific device, use `flutter run -d `. You can find the device ID by running `flutter devices`.

First, list available emulators with `flutter emulators`. Then, launch your desired emulator using `flutter emulators --launch `.

While `flutter run` is active in the terminal, type `r` to perform a Hot Reload or `R` (Shift + R) for a Hot Restart.

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